GNRR Trains & Tracks – photos of the Empire Builder passenger train & dome cars (1966) (taken by GNRR Photo) including trains pulled by locomotives #361-A and #353-A traveling through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation; trains pulled by locomotives #352-C and #361-A traveling through Marias Pass; crew from small rail vehicle waving as train goes by in Glacier National Park; train pulled by locomotive #281-A going through Glacier National Park with forests, a stream, and snow-covered Mount St. Nicholas in the background; fisherman by a pond watching train go by near Glacier National Park; people on horseback from a nearby dude ranch watching train go by near Glacier National Park; a man on horseback above the river watching train go by near Elk Mountain in Glacier National Park; and man wearing a cowboy hat standing near the tracks watching a dome car go by in the Montana Rockies.
Scope and Contents
Photographs of trains and tracks for GNRR, Montana Central Railroad (MCRR), Montana Western Railroad (MWRR), and St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (St. P&P) including locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, caboose, livestock cars, sightseeing cars, dome cars, and flat cars hauling aluminum. Some images are from the GNRR Photo Division taken in 1966 to promote the Empire Builder passenger train traveling through Glacier National Park.
Dates
- Creation: 1880s-1960s
Language of Materials
No textual or other language materials are included in the collection. Captions are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Boxes
From the Collection: 401 Photographic Prints
From the Collection: 47 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 20 Film Negatives - Nitrate
From the Collection: 27 Film Negatives - Safety
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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